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forehead

[fawr-id, for-, fawr-hed, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪd, ˈfɒr-, ˈfɔrˌhɛd, ˈfɒr- /
NOUN
brow
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In my newfound visibility, I doubled down on the style that concealed something — anything — about me, if only a few inches of forehead.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Rossi, the New York dermatologist, used to get Botox injections to avoid forehead wrinkles but has stopped.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Abend, a family office executive in New York, is one of many who are reconsidering their fight against forehead lines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

He’d be safe in the company of another human being who might cover him with a blanket and kiss him on the forehead, a gesture I generally reserve for my cats.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Last, he made the most important mark of all: a circle on the forehead to mark the Nanuak, the world-soul.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

On Wednesday, Ben Gvir sparked an outcry internationally but also within his own government by publishing a video of dozens of activists kneeling with their foreheads on the ground and their hands tied.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Sometimes we work with lamps on our foreheads.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2026

Silver pearls glisten on the men’s foreheads and their eyes are sunken deep in their pale faces, framed in a stubble of beard.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

The public image persists of government offices being filled with drones sitting with their foreheads on their desks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2025

It's cold, and our lips are dry, noses a little wet, foreheads sweaty beneath wool hats.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan




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